This article is part of a series:
- Anonymous Surfing 101: What is Anonymous Web Surfing?
- How Does Anonymous Surfing Work: Anonymous Servers
- More Ways to Surf Anonymously: Free Anonymous Proxy Sites and Services
Free Anonymous Proxy Sites and Services
Surfing with an anonymous proxy site or service is simple: all you do is navigate to the anonymous proxy site, enter in the URL you'd like to visit anonymously, and you'll be able to surf leaving virtually no trace that you were ever there.How Anonymous Proxy Sites Work
Basically, when you use an anonymous proxy and enter in the URL that you'd like to visit anonymously, the anonymous proxy retrieves the pages BEFORE they are delivered to you. This way, the IP address and other browsing information that the remote server sees does not belong to you - it belongs to the anonymous proxy.That's the good news. The bad news is that these anonymous proxy services tend to slow down your lightning-fast browsing a bit, and there usually will be ads on the top of your browser window (they've got to pay the bills somehow!). But it's worth it if you really need to be invisible on the Web.
Anonymous Proxy List
There are literally hundreds of free anonymous proxies out there; here are just a few:- ByPassIt: "A free website that you can use to bypass work, school, and other firewalls to visit any website you want."
- Anonymouse: "This service allows you to surf the web without revealing any personal information."
- HideAndGoSurf.com:You can choose which information you'd like stripped from the record here.
- Tor: "Using Tor can help you anonymize web browsing and publishing, instant messaging, IRC, SSH, and other applications that use the TCP protocol."
- 250 Working Proxies: the biggest list I've ever seen of anonymous proxies.
